Bronstein, David
David Bronstein came within half a point of becoming World Champion in 1951, drawing his match against Botvinnik 12-12, which allowed the champion to retain his title. One of the most creative and original thinkers in chess history, his masterpiece "Zurich 1953" -- an annotated account of the greatest tournament of the twentieth century -- remains one of the most influential chess books ever written.
Total Games
1930
Wins
699
Draws
939
Losses
292
36.2% wins48.7% draws15.1% losses
Most Played Openings
A48 - London System26A53 - Old Indian Defense25E68 - King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Long Variation24B16 - Caro-Kann Defense: Finnish Variation21C15 - French Defense: Winawer Variation20B01 - Scandinavian Defense19E90 - King's Indian Defense: Larsen Variation18B14 - Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack18B10 - Caro-Kann Defense17E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation17
Featured Games
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Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
World Championship 19th
1951
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Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I
World Championship 19th
1951
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Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I
World Championship 19th
1951
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Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I
World Championship 19th
1951
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Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I
World Championship 19th
1951
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Bronstein, David I vs Geller, Efim P
Gothenburg Interzonal
1955
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Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I
World Championship 19th
1951
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Geller, Efim P vs Bronstein, David I
Petropolis Interzonal
1973
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Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
World Championship 19th
1951
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Bronstein, David I vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
Petropolis Interzonal
1973
View PrintGames (1930)
Search & Filter All Games →Novopashin, Arkady vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch31 1963 C19
Bronstein, David I vs Van Scheltinga, Theo D
1-0Hoogovens 1963 C97
Bronstein, David I vs Lengyel, Laszlo
1-0Asztalos mem 1963 C77
Bronstein, David I vs Bersutzki, Gregory
0-1URS-chT 1963 B41
Antoshin, Vladimir S vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-chT 1963 E94
Bronstein, David I vs Ivkov, Borislav
1/2-1/2Hoogovens 1963 C84
Pirc, Vasja vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Hoogovens 1963 A53
Anokhin, Yuri vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-chT 1963 D01
Szabo, Laszlo vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Asztalos mem 1963 C01
Vladimirov, Boris T vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-chT 1963 A60
Bronstein, David I vs Kholmov, Ratmir D
1/2-1/2URS-ch31 1963 C48
Bronstein, David I vs Van den Berg, Carel Benjamin
1-0Hoogovens 1963 A46
Bronstein, David I vs Averbakh, Yuri L
1-0URS-ch31 1963 E39
Bronstein, David I vs Lokvenc, Josef
1-0Asztalos mem 1963 A04
Donner, Jan Hein vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Hoogovens 1963 D25
Tan Hiong Liong vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Hoogovens 1963 B33
Bronstein, David I vs Parma, Bruno
1/2-1/2Hoogovens 1963 E55
Robatsch, Karl vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Hoogovens 1963 B06
Bronstein, David I vs Bannik, Anatoly
0-1URS-chT 1963 C65
Bronstein, David I vs Pilnik, Herman
0-1Hoogovens 1963 E90
Bronstein, David I vs Stein, Leonid
1/2-1/2URS-ch31 1963 D22
Forintos, Gyozo V vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Asztalos mem 1963 A53
Bondarevsky, Igor vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch31 1963 A48
Bronstein, David I vs Klovans, Janis
1/2-1/2URS-ch31 1963 D27
Osnos, Viatcheslav vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch31 1963 D16
Zakharov, Alexander V vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch31 1963 C96
Honfi, Karoly vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Asztalos mem 1963 B41
Langeweg, Kick vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Hoogovens 1963 A17
Liublinsky, Victor Alexandrovic vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-chT 1963 C55
Furman, Semen Abramovich vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch31 1963 D14
Trifunovic, Petar vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Hoogovens 1963 A46
Filip, Miroslav vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Asztalos mem 1963 D14
Gufeld, Eduard vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch31 1963 C79
Milic, Borislav vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Hoogovens 1963 A81
Bronstein, David I vs Ghitescu, Theodor
1-0Asztalos mem 1963 D03
Nei, Iivo vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch31 1963 A95
Bronstein, David I vs Taimanov, Mark E
1-0URS-ch31 1963 D02
Brzozka, Stefan vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Asztalos mem 1963 A88
Bronstein, David I vs Gipslis, Aivars
1-0URS-ch31 1963 A49
Bronstein, David I vs Bagirov, Vladimir
0-1URS-ch31 1963 B04
Gipslis, Aivars vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-chT 1962 C79
Bronstein, David I vs Bykhovsky, Anatoly A
1-0Moscow 1962 D36
Lilienthal, Andor vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Moscow 1962 D27
Bronstein, David I vs Nei, Iivo
1-0URS-chT 1962 C11
Djurasevic, Bozidar vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-JUG 1962 B06
Bronstein, David I vs Veid, R.
1-0Moscow 1962 A29
Bronstein, David I vs Aronin, Lev Solomonovich
1/2-1/2Moscow 1962 D32
Bronstein, David I vs Averbakh, Yuri L
1/2-1/2Moscow 1962 C50
Stein, Leonid vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-chT 1962 B97
Hort, Vlastimil vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Moscow 1962 C16